Miscellaneous

81 entries in Thimble / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
C. O. Williams Improved Thimble Holder
1903
Later Magic
512
Jean Hugard Technical Terms Explains thimble terms: thumb-palm, finger-palm, second finger-palm, back-palm, palm, finger-clip, steal, holder, acquitment
 		1936
Thimble Magic
3
Jean Hugard Acquitments - From Thumb-Palm to Thumb-Palm Using Second Finger Hand-to-hand transfer
 		1936
Thimble Magic
15
Jean Hugard Acquitments - From Thumb-Palm in Right Hand Hand-to-hand transfer
 		1936
Thimble Magic
16
Jean Hugard Acquitments - From Thumb-Palm to Back of Wrist Hand-to-hand transfer
 		1936
Thimble Magic
16
Jean Hugard Acquitments - From Right Little Finger Hand to hand transfer
 		1936
Thimble Magic
16
Jean Hugard Acquitments - From the Thumb Hand to hand transfer
 		1936
Thimble Magic
17
Jean Hugard Acquitments - Thumb-Palm to Thumb-Palm Using Left Thumb Hand to hand transfer
 		1936
Thimble Magic
17
Jean Hugard Acquitments - From Little Finger to Finger-Palm Hand to hand transfer
 		1936
Thimble Magic
18
Jean Hugard Acquitments - For Two Thimbles At Once Transferring two thimbles from hand to hand
 		1936
Thimble Magic
18
Jean Hugard Vest Acquitment - Vest Vanish From Little Finger
1936
Thimble Magic
19
Jean Hugard Vest Acquitment - Vest Vanish Using the Thumb
1936
Thimble Magic
19
Jean Hugard P L O P Way to make a "popping" sound (like a cork from a wine bottle) when removing thimble from finger
 		1936
Thimble Magic
26
Jean Hugard Amputation Apparently remove thumb, with thimble as extra convincer
 		1936
Thimble Magic
27
Jean Hugard The Elastic Finger Stretch forefinger with thimble as convincer
 		1936
Thimble Magic
27
Jean Hugard 3 - Apparatus Tricks Four thimbles vanish from performer's hand, appear at a model hand a distance away
 		1936
Thimble Magic
39
Jean Hugard 4 - Liaison Trick Transition from thimble routine to billiard ball, with thimble transforming into billiard ball balancing on fingertip
 		1936
Thimble Magic
39
Edward Victor A New and Original Thimble Holder
1937
Magic of the Hands
71
Thimble and Trumpet thimble blown through toy trumpet
 		1937
The Magic Annual for 1937
31
Laurie Ireland Thimble Holder on the Trouser Pocket
1938
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1938)
11
Thimbles - Sleeving about using sleeving in a thimble routine
 		1939
The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939
109
Laurie Ireland Manipulative Dollar thimble for little finger glued to coin
 		1940
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1940)
16
Eddie Joseph The Thimbles & Dice three thimbles of different colors, small die put under one and jumps around in a monte routine
 		1941
How Gamblers Win
21
Milbourne Christopher Thimble Holder on pen
 		Apr. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 11)
210
Edward Victor "Multiple Palming" ball, silk, thimble and playing card are vanished and produced again, manipulation routine
 		1946
Further Magic of the Hands
105
Milton Borger Thimble Telepathy five different colored thimbles, chosen one is divined and others vanish
Also published here June 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 1)
429
Jack Yeager Spirit Tears water produced from thimble
 		1949
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949)
28
Frank Csuri Frank Csuri Tips thimble or ball holder
 		Aug./Sep. 1949
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 11 & 12)
10
Dr. William Weyeneth Ein unfehlbarer Fingerhuthalter design for thimble holder
 		1949
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 10 No. 1)
4
Chester Dobski Thimble Magic
  • Flourish with a Playing Card
 		Aug. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 3)
693
Eddie Joseph Thimble and Coin coin and thimble transposition
 		1952
Tricks for Informal Occasions
28
Lewis Ganson Thimble Manipulation on thimble manipulation
  • 1. They are too Small to be Seen from a Stage
  • 2. Thimbles are not usually Associated with a Male
  • 3. There is too much Repetition in the Routines usually seen
Also published here 1952
Routined Manipulation — Part Two
21
Wilfred Bader Alternative Presentations of thimble routine
  • Concert or Cabaret
  • Children
 		1952
Routined Manipulation — Part Two
34
Wilfred Bader Levitation thimble floats, thread
Also published here 1952
Routined Manipulation — Part Two
35
Jardine Ellis Jardine Ellis Wineglass Production with vanishing thimble
 		1953
Classic Secrets of Magic
40
Harold Blump The Back of Blumps Hand joke thimble trick
 		1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 307 Spoof Issue)
2
John Murray Thimble Snake mini snake rises from thimble with miniature selection, inspired by an idea with static electricity by C. B. Yohe
Inspired by June 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 309)
34
Geoffrey Buckingham, Ethel Buckingham A New and Novel Thimble Routine routine, including the "Buckingham" multiple silk penetration
 		1957
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1957)
27
Dr. Stanley Jaks Dr. Jaks Fingerhutmysterium six thimbles covering six objects, performer knows which thimble was lifted
Also published here 1961
Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse
160
Magische Tips tips on
  • Yoghurt-Becher (on using yoghurt cups instead of glasses(
  • Glasperlenspiel (pearls in glass chaos & order)
  • removing thumb, with thimble
 		1961
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 22 No. 4)
93
Wilf. Huggins Why Not? shell game with three thimbles
 		1970
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)
64
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Thimble Palm No. 168, three notes without details
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
42
Patrick Page Thimble Holders
1976
The Big Book of Magic
153
Bill Tarr Thimbles intro
 		1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
157
Thimble Gimmicks
  • Giant Thimbles
  • Holders
 		1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
159
Mike Caveney Thimble Holders
1981
Magicomedy
118
Mike Caveney Temporary Parking Zone
1981
Magicomedy
119
Fingerhuttricks intro
 		Oct. 1982
Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 3)
87
Hen Fetsch Die Fingerhutspitze secret inner nesting thimble for
  • threading a button
  • thread restoration
  • cigarette vanish in thimble
 		Oct. 1982
Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 3)
87
Hen Fetsch Eine kleine Durchdringungsroutine bottom smaller coin penetrates to top under thimble
 		Oct. 1982
Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 3)
88
Peter Godfrey Statt eines Fingerhuts doing thimble magic with an adhesive tape bandage
Also published here
  • in "Genii" vol. 11, Nr. 5. P. 151.
 1982
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 43 No. 6)
143
Fingerhüte five impromptu magic items and gags with thimbles
 		Dec. 1986
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 3 & 4)
121
Karrell Fox "Foxy" Thimble Holders
1991
Goodies
149
T. Page Wright Chapter 2 - Thimble Magic intro
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
50
Lewis Ganson Fingerhut-Manipulation on thimble manipulation
Also published here June 1993
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 1)
6
Wilfred Bader Das Fingerhut-Schweben thimble floats, thread
Also published here June 1993
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 1)
20
Jörg Willich Dumm Gelaufen bandage travels from finger to finger and vanishes
 		1996
7 Close-Up
10
Steve Beam Introduction
1997
Digital Effects
13
Steve Beam The Care & Feeding of Thimbles
1997
Digital Effects
19
Steve Beam A Word about Words "One Man's War With Presentation"
on presentation and presenting thimble magic
 		1997
Digital Effects
20
Warren Wiersbe First Rule of Thimble Manipulation
Also published here
  • Tantalizing Thimbles, 1948
 1997
Digital Effects
29
The Vacuum plop sound effect
 		1997
Digital Effects
34
Steve Beam Thimbles - It's an Attitude Thing on thimble magic
 		1997
Digital Effects
35
On Thimble Climaxes jumbo thimble, metal jumbo thimble for cups & balls transition
 		1997
Digital Effects
98
Steve Beam Gimmicks on thimble gimmicks
 		1997
Digital Effects
141
Joe Mogar Hanging Around combining magnets and thimble magic
 		1997
Digital Effects
146
Joe Mogar Thimbles Lite thimble glows on command
 		1997
Digital Effects
147
Joe Mogar Holding Your Own holders and body loads
  • Holder #1
  • Holder #2
  • Holder #3
 		1997
Digital Effects
148
Joe Mogar Shell Shocked thimble shell, eight-thimble production
 		1997
Digital Effects
150
Steve Beam Fingered gag, rubber finger production from thimble
 		1997
Digital Effects
166
Steve Beam Sound Effect plop sound with thimble
 		1997
Digital Effects
175
Steve Beam Feedback sound effect ideas for thimbles
 		1997
Digital Effects
182
Steve Beam Sleeving
1997
Digital Effects
187
Joe Mogar Sleeving Thimbles - A Primer
  • Sleeving From The First Finger
  • Sleeving From The Second Finger
  • Multiple Vanish from the Second Finger
  • Producing from the Sleeve
 		1997
Digital Effects
188
Steve Beam The Complete History of Thimble Magic "(Revised, and the revised again.)"
 		1997
Digital Effects
207
Steve Beam Thimble Magic - Suggested Reading
  • Books on Thimble Magic
  • Thimble Magic Within Books
 		1997
Digital Effects
217
John Ramsay, Edward Victor Popping Sound with Thimble
2002
The Book of Secrets
354
Charlie Frye Coffee Related Note using empty creamers as thimbles
 		Nov. 2003
Magic (Vol. 13 No. 3)
118
Bob Ostin The Thimble Box thimble vanishes and appears in wooden box
 		2005
Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions
116
Billy McComb, Patrick Page Billy's Thimble while doing a thimble routine, an extra finger appears
Inspired by 2011
Magic Page by Page
291
Dr. Stanley Jaks Thimbleometry six thimbles covering six objects, performer knows which thimble was lifted
Also published here 2014
The Incredible Dr. Jaks
234